In Jake’s defense, he had a lot of other stuff to deal with than upgrading a weapon he didn’t really plan on using anyway. It wasn’t like he had all nine weapons before a few hours ago. Besides, the divine-rarity necklace kind of took away all other attention.

Now, while he was sitting around and waiting anyway, it was a great time to merge them. With the Sword Saint and Carmen observing, he took out the Count weapons one by one. He had a total of seven as he had merged three into one already.

First, he tried to merge the other six into the upgraded one but got no response.

It can’t be.

He then merged three of the weapons, creating an epic-rarity version. He repeated this and now had three epic-rarity weapons.

For real?

Putting the three epic-rarity weapons, they all reacted as they began melting into black metal.

“A bit cliché, isn’t it?” Carmen commented after the three weapons had all turned completely into liquid metal and slowly blended with each other to form something new, as its aura also grew.

“Totally,” Jake agreed. Nine turns to three, and three turns to one weapon. It was like another damn video game. Well, perhaps that was only to be expected, coming from vampire Counts with terrible boss dialogue.

The merging process was smooth, and soon the process stopped as the metal took a more stable state. The weapon now gave off a powerful aura, and Jake had to admit it was likely the most powerful weapon he had ever seen. However, it didn’t resemble a blade anymore but looked more like a black metal stick. Not a staff either, but a twenty-centimeter-long stick. It wasn’t even thick.

Jake used Identify on it together with the two others.

[Vampiric Chimera Weapon (Ancient)] – A weapon created by recombining the full Chimera weapons once wielded by Counts of Blood, all of which have been soaked in the blood of countless enemies throughout the ages. Now that it is whole once more, it still hungers and seeks to grow. Crafted using a special type of steel, the weapon can absorb the lifeforce of vitality-based lifeforms to repair itself. Allows this weapon to steal a portion of the lifeforce of anyone injured by attacks using it. Can change form between various weapons. Enchantments: Hemoabsorbant Self-Repair. Vampiric Weapon. Chimeric Transformation.

Requirements: lvl 150+ in any humanoid race.

Oh, so it’s like the Omnitool, but a weapon? Jake thought as he read it over. It looked all nice and dandy until he got to the last part about the requirements. He needed to be level 150 to use it.

“Looks cool, I guess,” Carmen commented again.

“Indeed a peculiar tool,” the Sword Saint agreed.

“Yep,” Jake said and put it back into the Hunter Insignia. It looked like he would be stuck with only the scimitar against the Sword Saint their duel anyway.

“Can’t use it?” Carmen asked as she saw him put it away.

“Not 150 yet,” he answered truthfully.

“Oh.”

kind of assumed you

He quickly identified her.

[Human – lvl 136]

shook his head as he hid his smile under his mask while answering. “Nah,

“How many?”

“Oh, plenty.”

but it was too late as Carmen had understood what Sylphie tried to communicate. On that note, who the hell had taught his bird to summon green mana constructs, much less

fucking one level above me, aren’t

as she flapped her wings to make all her mana in the air disappear. “Little traitor. I’m gonna

jovial mood. “Since we are sharing, then I appear to be lowest among us at 135. Seems like I cannot keep up with you youngsters at

and Caleb also joined them, with even Maria joining in later on. She was especially interested

“Why did you choose to join the Holy

members, but also in providing materials for my profession and facilities to work,” she answered, adding. “There is very

they demand in return?” the Sword Saint asked

order, and to some extent, obedience. I am in a way better position than pretty much anyone else as I am associated with another powerful god and thus far harder to control. I haven’t experienced any serious issues

what way?” Jake

they tell you to. Again, I am more or less excluded from this, but that this mentality is so prevalent does make it hard to make any friends, even with my party members. In my eyes, we are just colleagues, and I doubt I will ever be able to view any of them as true friends. Much less that they

in. “Way easier to just be your

with a party is just so much more effective. It’s like how a guardian or a healer isn’t meant to hunt alone, but put a guardian, an

Carmen recognized. “By the way, you keep mentioning being blessed by some

Caleb answered, with

said, trying to remember

Maria said, glaring at him. “He invited you to his

recalled. “Should have tossed in a bottle

Viper and me where he promised me a bottle of vodka, and apparently it was also an excuse to toss me into a vat of

put a hand on Jake’s shoulder as

to shut the fuck up,

not antagonize you and instead treat you as an ally considering your position as Chosen of a Primordial. So yeah, I guess he

open about it,” Jake

Hunt, so may as well be frank. On that note, you have met the Viper in person… isn’t it kind of unsettling? From what I heard, he is a monster with no regard for mortal life, a complete psychopath who likes torturing

their back either. I think a better question is why some god is trying to invite someone who already has a Patron

at Jake’s shifting attitude but quickly recovered. “Sorry? And I think he invited you specifically because of that. He was curious who could get a Primordial out of

about me?” Jake asked, still more than a little

you till he found out he couldn’t take notice of you. He discovered that you had been hidden by the Viper, and that truly piqued

am not sure why any of this is relevant?” Caleb butted

don’t really care about the Holy Church, and I don’t want my current status as working with

stay?” the Sword Saint asked curtly. “Many other organizations exist, and from what I know, Reika

indeed, Patriarch. Of course, we always need more powerful members, and naturally

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